The Readers Strike Back!

Some of our biggest conversation starters over the past 7 days: Marines get the Berkeley boot; Polling station not camera friendly; Online polling; Winnetka massacre; Ways to improve public transpo; and more…Berkeley Kicks Out the Marines: Jason Burns says Los Angeles is nearly as crazy as those unfriendly to the military in the Bay Area.

SWAT veteran, 4 others killed in shootout: Mack reports on the shooting of Officer Randal Simmons, the first LAPD SWAT member ever killed in the line of duty, during a standoff that began after the gunman killed 3 relatives. Another officer was also shot, and the gunman was eventually killed by a police sniper.